UI Post-UTME Use of English 2024 (Model questions) past questions and answers

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: Aminat is infatuated ______ Salis.

1. A.with
2. B.over
3. C.to
4. D.on

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: The teacher advised the students to be polite, but they paid her no ________.

1. A.heed
2. B.listening
3. C.obedience
4. D.intention

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: If he had arrived earlier, he ________ the train.

1. A.would catch
2. B.would have caught
3. C.could have caught
4. D.will catch

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: The manager, together with his staff, ________ attending the meeting.

1. A.are
2. B.were
3. C.is
4. D.have been

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: It is high time we ________ the meeting.

1. A.begin
2. B.began
3. C.had begun
4. D.begins

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: He talks as if he ________ everything.

1. A.knows
2. B.knew
3. C.had known
4. D.is knowing

Choose the word that has the stress on the first syllable.

1. A.interpret
2. B.maintain
3. C.character
4. D.repeat

Which of the following words contains the sound /ʃ/?

1. A.chef
2. B.measure
3. C.rouge
4. D.vision

Choose the word closest in meaning to “generosity”:

1. A.largesse
2. B.ostentation
3. C.extravagace
4. D.parsimony

Choose the word closest in meaning to "egregious".

1. A.dangerous
2. B.corrupt
3. C.evil
4. D.cruel

Choose the word opposite in meaning to “assiduous”.

1. A.eager
2. B.insolent
3. C.indolent
4. D.desirous

The word opposite in meaning to "meticulous" is

1. A.fastidious
2. B.insouciant
3. C.ambient
4. D.effete

A person who talks too much is described as:

1. A.reticent
2. B.lousy
3. C.taciturn
4. D.loquacious

The word "ephemeral" means:

1. A.everlasting
2. B.painful
3. C.short-lived
4. D.invisible

Choose the synonym for “enervated”:

1. A.energized
2. B.exhausted
3. C.proboked
4. D.criticized

The idiom “to bury the hatchet” means:

1. A.start a war
2. B.end a fight
3. C.kill an enemy
4. D.hide evidence

A person who studies the origin of words is a(n):

1. A.Philologist
2. B.Paleontologist
3. C.Archaeologist
4. D.Biologist

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: The lecturer, along with his assistants, ________ present at the seminar.

1. A.are
2. B.were
3. C.is
4. D.have been

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: If she ______ harder, she would have passed the examination.

1. A.studies
2. B.had studied
3. C.studied
4. D.is studying

Pick from the options the appropriate word or phrase that completes the given expression: No sooner had he arrived ________ it started raining.

1. A.than
2. B.when
3. C.but
4. D.and

The phrase “underestimate the value” means:

1. A.ignore completely
2. B.miscalculate cost
3. C.reduce importance
4. D.overrate

Lion is to pride as

1. A.Sheep is to pack.
2. B.dog is to flock.
3. C.fish is to school
4. D.cow is to pride

Choose the word that is closest in meaning to "acquiesce":

1. A.disagree
2. B.argue
3. C.agree
4. D.protest

Choose the odd word:

1. A.mango
2. B.apple
3. C.orange
4. D.carrot

Pen is to writer as

1. A.hammer is to carpenter
2. B.spoon is to bowl
3. C.shoe is to tailor
4. D.knife is to cloth